Nintendo announces Nintendo Classic Mini: NES, a mini NES with 30 games compatible with modern set ups $59.99 MSRP

[ttam]

It's just a cool little Nintendo console so I'll buy it.

 

The forum is showing it's typical mix of yes, that's cool and the omg only 30?!? that's pathetic crowd.

[Warcony]

21 hours ago, ShadowCaptain said:

yeah its bullshit 

I doubt Nintendo was able to get permission to do it for all the original games.

[Misanthrope]

4 hours ago, ttam said:

It's just a cool little Nintendo console so I'll buy it.

 

The forum is showing it's typical mix of yes, that's cool and the omg only 30?!? that's pathetic crowd.

Here is a list of NES games published By Nintendo meaning they'd require no licensing from anyone 85 total: 

 

Nintendo Entertainment System & Family Computer[edit]

Product		Year		Producer		Development Lead		Personnel Lead
Mahjong		1983		Masayuki Uemura		Nintendo R&D2		Toshihiko Nakago, Hirokazu Tanaka
Donkey Kong		1983		Masayuki Uemura		Nintendo R&D2		Toshihiko Nakago, Hirokazu Tanaka
Gomoku Narabe Renju		1983
Donkey Kong Junior		1983		Masayuki Uemura		Nintendo R&D2		Toshihiko Nakago, Hirokazu Tanaka
Popeye		1983		Masayuki Uemura		Nintendo R&D2		Shigeru Miyamoto, Toshihiko Nakago
Mario Bros.		1983		Masayuki Uemura		Nintendo R&D2		Toshihiko Nakago, Hirokazu Tanaka
Popeye's English Game		1983		Masayuki Uemura		Nintendo R&D2		Toshihiko Nakago
Baseball		1983		Gunpei Yokoi		Nintendo R&D1
Donkey Kong Jr. Math		1983		Masayuki Uemura		Nintendo R&D2		Toshihiko Nakago
Tennis		1984		Gunpei Yokoi		Nintendo R&D1		Kenji Nakajima [5]
Pinball		1984		Gunpei Yokoi		Nintendo R&D1		Satoru Iwata
Wild Gunman		1984		Gunpei Yokoi		Nintendo R&D1		Hirokazu Tanaka
Duck Hunt		1984		Gunpei Yokoi		Nintendo R&D1		Hirokazu Tanaka
Golf		1984		Gunpei Yokoi		Nintendo R&D1		Koji Kondo
Hogan's Alley		1984		Gunpei Yokoi		Nintendo R&D1		Hirokazu Tanaka
Family BASIC		1984		Masayuki Uemura		Nintendo R&D2		Toshihiko Nakago, Koji Kondo
Donkey Kong 3		1984		Masayuki Uemura		Nintendo R&D2		Toshihiko Nakago, Hirokazu Tanaka
Devil World		1984		Shigeru Miyamoto		Nintendo EAD		Takashi Tezuka, Koji Kondo, Akito Nakatsuka
F-1 Race		1984		Gunpei Yokoi		Nintendo R&D1
4-Player Family Mahjong		1984		Gunpei Yokoi		Hudson Soft
Urban Champion		1984		Gunpei Yokoi		Nintendo R&D1		Hirokazu Tanaka
Clu Clu Land		1984		Gunpei Yokoi		Nintendo R&D1		Akito Nakatsuka
Excitebike		1984		Shigeru Miyamoto		Nintendo EAD		Minoru Maeda, Toshihiko Nakago, Akito Nakatsuka
Balloon Fight		1985		Gunpei Yokoi		Nintendo R&D1		Yoshio Sakamoto, Toru Osawa, Satoru Iwata, Hirokazu Tanaka [4]
Ice Climber		1985		Shigeru Miyamoto		Nintendo EAD		Kenji Miki, Tadashi Sugiyama, Toshihiko Nakago, Akito Nakatsuka
Soccer		1985		Gunpei Yokoi		Nintendo R&D1		Koji Kondo
Wrecking Crew		1985		Gunpei Yokoi		Nintendo R&D1		Yoshio Sakamoto, Hirokazu Tanaka [4]
Stack-Up		1985		Gunpei Yokoi		Nintendo R&D1		Hirokazu Tanaka
Gyromite		1985		Gunpei Yokoi		Nintendo R&D1		Hirokazu Tanaka
10-Yard Fight		1985				Nintendo R&D1
Super Mario Bros.		1985		Shigeru Miyamoto		Nintendo EAD		Takashi Tezuka, Toshihiko Nakago, Koji Kondo
Kung Fu		1985		Masayuki Uemura		Nintendo R&D2		Koji Kondo
Mach Rider		1985				Nintendo R&D2
The Legend of Zelda		1986		Shigeru Miyamoto		Nintendo EAD		Takazhi Tezuka, Toshihiko Nakago, Koji Kondo
Nazo no Murasame Jō		1986		Shigeru Miyamoto		Nintendo EAD		Minoru Maeda, Koji Kondo
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels		1986		Shigeru Miyamoto		Nintendo EAD		Takashi Tezuka, Toshihiko Nakago, Koji Kondo
Dragon Warrior		1986		Yukinobu Chida		Enix		Yuji Horii, Koichi Nakamura
Gumshoe		1986		Gunpei Yokoi		Nintendo R&D1		Yoshio Sakamoto, Hirokazu Tanaka [4]
Volleyball		1986				Nintendo R&D1, Pax Softnica
Metroid		1986		Gunpei Yokoi		Nintendo R&D1		Makoto Kano, Yoshio Sakamoto, Hiroji Kiyotake, Masao Yamamoto, Hirokazu Tanaka [4]
Pro Wrestling		1986
Kid Icarus		1986		Gunpei Yokoi		Nintendo R&D1		Toru Osawa, Makoto Kano, Yoshio Sakamoto, Masao Yamamoto, Hiroji Kiyotake, Hirokazu Tanaka [4][5]
Smash Ping Pong		1987				Konami
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link		1987		Shigeru Miyamoto		Nintendo EAD		Yoichi Yamada, Tadashi Sugiyama, Akito Nakatsuka
NES Open Tournament Golf		1987		Masayuki Uemura		Nintendo R&D2		Kenji Miki, Tatsuya Hishida, Kazunobu Shimizu, Satoru Iwata, Akito Nakatsuka
Slalom		1987				Rare
Rad Racer		1987				Square
Punch-Out!!		1987		Genyo Takeda		Nintendo R&D3		Makoto Wada, Masato Hatakeyama, Akito Nakatsuka, Kenji Yamamoto
Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race		1987						Soyo Oka
Galactic Trio		1987				Enix
Final Fantasy		1987				Square
Vs. Excitebike		1988		Shigeru Miyamoto		Nintendo EAD		Minoru Maeda, Soyo Oka
Ice Hockey		1988		Shigeru Miyamoto		Nintendo EAD		Soyo Oka
R.C. Pro-Am		1988				Rare
Famicom Grand Prix 2: 3D Hot Rally		1988		Shigeru Miyamoto		Nintendo EAD		Kenji Miki, Tatsuya Hishida, Kazunobu Shimizu, Satoru Iwata, Soyo Oka
Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir		1988		Gunpei Yokoi		Nintendo R&D1		Yoshio Sakamoto, Kenji Yamamoto [4]
World Class Track Meet		1988
Famicom Wars		1988		Gunpei Yokoi		Nintendo R&D1		Makoto Kano, Hirofumi Matsuoka, Hiroji Kiyotake, Hirokazu Tanaka
Super Mario Bros. 2		1988		Shigeru Miyamoto		Nintendo EAD		Kensuke Tanabe, Koji Kondo
Super Mario Bros. 3		1988		Shigeru Miyamoto		Nintendo EAD		Takashi Tezuka, Hideki Konno, Koji Kondo
Anticipation		1988				Rare
Tetris		1988		Gunpei Yokoi		Nintendo R&D1		Hitoshi Yamagami
Famicom Detective Club 2: Girl In Shadow	1989	Gunpei Yokoi	Nintendo R&D1	Yoshio Sakamoto, Kenji Yamamoto [4]
Cobra Triangle	1989		Rare
Mother	1989	Shigeru Miyamoto	Nintendo Tokyo R&D	Shigesato Itoi, Hirokazu Tanaka
Super Spike V'Ball	1989		Technos
Short Order / Eggsplode	1989
Pin*Bot	1990		Rare
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & Blade of Light	1990	Gunpei Yokoi	Nintendo R&D	Keisuke Terasaki, Shouzou Kaga, Hirokazu Tanaka
Nintendo World Cup	1990		Technos
Snake Rattle 'n' Roll	1990		Rare
Dr. Mario	1990	Gunpei Yokoi	Nintendo R&D1	Hitoshi Yamagami, Hirokazu Tanaka
Barker Bill's Trick Shooting	1990
NES Play Action Football	1990	Jeff Hutt	NOA Special Projects	Brian Ullrich, Paul Lange
StarTropics	1990	Genyo Takeda	Nintendo R&D3	Makoto Wada
Backgammon	1990
Time Twist: Rekishi no Katasumi de...	1991	Tatsuya Hishida	Nintendo EAD	Keiji Terui, Hajime Hirasawa
Yoshi	1991	Gunpei Yokoi	Game Freak
Fire Emblem Gaiden	1992	Gunpei Yokoi	Intelligent Systems	Shouzou Kaga
Yoshi's Cookie	1992	Gunpei Yokoi	Nintendo R&D1
Kirby's Adventure	1993	Shigeru Miyamoto	HAL Laboratory	Satoru Iwata
Joy Mech Fight	1993	Gunpei Yokoi	Nintendo R&D1	Koichi Hayashida, Hideaki Shimizu
Tetris 2	1993	Gunpei Yokoi	Nintendo R&D1	Hitoshi Yamagami
Wario's Woods	1994	Kenji Miki	Nintendo EAD	Soichiro Tomita, Masahito Iimura, Shinobu Amayake, Soyo Oka
Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II	1994	Genyo Takeda	Nintendo R&D3	Makoto Wada

[IMPERIUS]

so you just get those 30 games and you're stuck with that?

[ShadowCaptain]

29 minutes ago, IMPERIUS said:

so you just get those 30 games and you're stuck with that?

yeah its just one of those little plug and play tv consoles

 

its not a proper nes

[Eroda]

16 minutes ago, ShadowCaptain said:

yeah its just one of those little plug and play tv consoles

 

its not a proper nes

until someone cracks it and figures out how to make it work with more , i would be more stoked if it was the same price but with 50 games

[ShadowCaptain]

1 minute ago, Eroda said:

until someone cracks it and figures out how to make it work with more , i would be more stoked if it was the same price but with 50 games

Well you can just run an emulator on your phone and hook it up to your TV with a controller

 

so other than it looking cool, its nothing special

[GoodBytes]

Quote

Here is a list of NES games published By Nintendo meaning they'd require no licensing from anyone 85 total: 

It is difficult to say, because for example, Tetris is owned by EA today. They might not like the price they are getting, or simply don't want to sale it at all.

We don't know how those agreement were done back then, and what happened over the years.

 

Mixed with that, you have what Nintendo cares about selling. If they think that the games will not be enjoyable to the masses, they might not want to sale it. Or they really want to make maximum amount of money out of them through Virtual Console.

[GoodBytes]

2 hours ago, IMPERIUS said:

so you just get those 30 games and you're stuck with that?

Correct, but assuming you care about less than half of them, it is still cheaper than buying them on Nintendo Virtual Console.

Plus, you get to play with the original controller, AND on top of that, is that if you have a WiiU, you can plug this original NES controller to it, and play other purchased NES games on the system.

[MrCthuntoo]

Pity the controllers are not USB.

 

Would be nice to have a good quality USB NES controller for the PC.

[suicidalfranco]

8 hours ago, MrCthuntoo said:

Pity the controllers are not USB.

 

Would be nice to have a good quality USB NES controller for the PC.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mayflash-PC052-Classic-Controller-Adapter-purple/dp/B0089O4EB0

[greaves1111]

I literally have all the games I'd want to play on my wii already, but nostalgia is telling me i want to buy this anyway lol. Surely they'll add games in the future?

[ARikozuM]

11 hours ago, GoodBytes said:

It is difficult to say, because for example, Tetris is owned by EA today. They might not like the price they are getting, or simply don't want to sale it at all.

We don't know how those agreement were done back then, and what happened over the years.

 

Mixed with that, you have what Nintendo cares about selling. If they think that the games will not be enjoyable to the masses, they might not want to sale it. Or they really want to make maximum amount of money out of them through Virtual Console.

EA owns Tetris?! Please say it isn't so! I don't want my beloved game being riddled with microtransactions and TetrisLog! Please don't make me watch it become a yearly release with Beta quality. Please... EA... Don't destroy childhoods.

[ARikozuM]

On 7/14/2016 at 11:54 AM, Sparviero said:

This was AMDs unannounced console win? Jk

Too power efficient to be an AMD product. 

 

I know you were just kidding.

[GoodBytes]

14 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

EA owns Tetris?! Please say it isn't so! I don't want my beloved game being riddled with microtransactions and TetrisLog! Please don't make me watch it become a yearly release with Beta quality. Please... EA... Don't destroy childhoods.

Sorry, the Tetris Company (which is owned in part by Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov), owns Tetris trademark, my mistake.

 

But EA is the only one that makes modern Tetris games (like official Tetris games). So, I don't know the exact arrangement of the deal, like if EA has exclusive rights or not. And the whole Tetris story (who owns what) was a mess for Nintendo. I don't think Nintendo wants to go into it again.

 

[ARikozuM]

On 7/14/2016 at 11:54 AM, Sparviero said:

This was AMDs unannounced console win? Jk

Too power efficient to be an AMD product. 

 

I know you were just kidding.

[Scruffy90]

Still think the only reason they're doing this is to get rid of their B-Stock of NES boards (which they apparently have a ton of). I do wish more games could be loaded (also wish it had the multitap adapter built in), and that the unit itself didn't use the WiiMote accessory port as the controller port. Although I feel that it would be good for those that have a big NES collection on their Wii or Wii U and could now use the controllers being sold for these with that.

[GoodBytes]

33 minutes ago, Scruffy90 said:

Still think the only reason they're doing this is to get rid of their B-Stock of NES boards (which they apparently have a ton of). I do wish more games could be loaded (also wish it had the multitap adapter built in), and that the unit itself didn't use the WiiMote accessory port as the controller port. Although I feel that it would be good for those that have a big NES collection on their Wii or Wii U and could now use the controllers being sold for these with that.

LOL! Except the NES board is much larger than the device they are selling.

But yes, I do wish they were more games on it, at least have an expansion port where they can sell another 30-60 game pack for it, or a store selling the games at the same price as the the Wii/WiiU so 5$ each.

 

The port change for the controller is that so that it works with the WiiU NES virtual console games, as you mentioned. They probably have a lot of port connectors, so they use that. I think it would be too costly to make the old port again (because you have to do the mold, production tests, then you need to have the connector controller as the whole thing doesn't work the same way as before)... plus you'll have many accessories from the NES days not work on it due to the TV technology change, and perhaps due to system internals changes. I mean it is possible, of course, but I think Nintendo has expectations of sales, and profit, so if they spend more money for all this, it hurts their bottom line, or needs to increase the price, and that will be perhaps less tempting. I think their goal was to price is as the price of 1 game.

[pk-man]

doesn't include power adapter

LOL wut?

 

and locking it to only 30 games is pretty dumb, but then I think Nintendo is treating this product as a cash grab with nostalgia rather than a long term product.

[MrCthuntoo]

11 hours ago, suicidalfranco said:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mayflash-PC052-Classic-Controller-Adapter-purple/dp/B0089O4EB0

 

Sweet.

 

Still would prefer it if they just had USB on them though.

[GoodBytes]

4 hours ago, pk-man said:

doesn't include power adapter

LOL wut?

You connect it via your TV USB port, or those generic power adapter for USB ports for phones.

[Eroda]

a friend went to EB games today to pre-order one and they are sold out.

 

imagine it though next christmas they relese a mini SNES and 18 months after than a Mini n64 with 30 games each nintendo would be rollin in it

[atrash]

Some are speculating that internal could just be a 3DS with some modification